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Does iOS 7 not look rubbish on the low res ipad2/mini screens though?
They need to do something. The screen on the new Nexus7 is brilliant, couldn't imagine paying more for the Apple equivalent and putting up with that screen.
Just as Rilot says, currently you can buy an iPad Mini, but at the sametime for not much more, you could buy an iPad with a better display. That however hasn't stopped people buying them by the bucketload.
I've got my fingers crossed for Mavericks! I've been waiting for this since I ordered my Macbook Air in August.
Is this likely to be streamed online?
Look in the right places and you can get it now, then once it officially comes out get it.![]()
Not live. It will be available afterwards though.
Last year it was streamed live on Safari for Mac and iOS devices. Hoping for the same this year.
But they aren't losing customers. That's the thing.
The iPad Mini isn't aimed at tech savvy people. How many times have you heard a non-tech person say "I was going to get an iPad Mini but I didn't like the display so I bought a Nexus 7"?
If they updated the internals, added the fingerprint sensor and punted it out as the iPad Mini 2, people would still be queueing up for it.
Don't get me wrong, I really hope that it does get a retina display as then I will buy one.
I think the Apple TV is due for a refresh too. I'm looking forward to that and the new full size iPads.
What can a new Apple TV actually offer though?
Actually whilst im here, 4k, and 4k content on the store. ahead of the curve.
They will go 4k with Apple TV. If not this event then next. It will ultimately be an addition to long chain of failed Apple devices as neither content, bandwidth, nor interest from living room PPV TV viewer is there. Most programming in US and Europe isn't even proper HD. Investing in 4K is like investing in Nokia mobile as a photographic device because it claims 41 megapixels, while taking worse pictures than 4megapixel, 13 years old Canon 1D.
It's the same with 4k and apple. All the pixels in the world, all the aspirations in the world won't change the fact most of the content available as HD is still barely defendable and below par, and nobody, not even studios, want another massive investment in buying rights to celluloid tapes out again and getting another garage outfit to recapture it in ProRes as UltraHD.
People used to complain that the AppleTV was only 720p.
If they make it 4K, great, how is that a negative move?
They can't win clearly.